[frankiep]

What kind of courage does it take, for mercy's sake? The majority of the American people (55 percent) think the war in Iraq is a mistake and that we should get out. The majority (65 percent) of the American people want single-payer health care and are willing to pay more taxes to get it. The majority (86 percent) of the American people favor raising the minimum wage. The majority of the American people (60 percent) favor repealing Bush's tax cuts, or at least those that go only to the rich. The majority (66 percent) wants to reduce the deficit not by cutting domestic spending, but by reducing Pentagon spending or raising taxes.

OK, whose @$$ did the writer pull these numbers out of?

[Fzob]

I believe that would be her own a@@

[jazusamo]

The only statistic she didn't mention was the 51% of November, 2004. That one negates all of hers and just makes her scream.LOL

[governsleastgovernsbest]

By all means, let the Democratic candidate run on the platform Ivins suggests:

1. cut and run from Iraq;
2. Cuban health care;
3. raising taxes;
4. weakening the military;
5. radical environmental regualation;

I can see election night now, with Katie Couric at the CBS anchor desk:

"Our early exit polls suggest it could be shaping up as a challenging night for John Kerry, but our latest numbers show he has a fighting chance to carry the District of Columbia."

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

"OK, whose @$$ did the writer pull these numbers out of?"

87.5% of all statistics are just made up to prove a point. (Plus or minus 12.5%, of course.) :-)

[appleharvey]

The majority of the American people (55 percent) think the war in Iraq is a mistake and that we should get out. The majority (65 percent) of the American people want single-payer health care and are willing to pay more taxes to get it...

And the majority of my household (100 percent) thinks that Molly Ivins is a shrill, bloviating leftwing hag.

[RockinRight]